Lawn sprinkler



Oct. 10, 1950 w, GINSBERG 2,525,540

LAWN SPRINKLER Filed June 6. 1949 Inventor Walter E Ginsberg 7 W mw Patented Oct. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,525,540 LAWN SPRINKLER, Walter F. Ginsberg Anaconda, Mont.

Application June 6, 1949, Serial No. 97,440

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in lawn sprinklers, and more particularly to a novel stand construction for the sprinkler and by means of which the sprinkler may be supported in an elevated position above the ground and at a desired angle.

An important object of the invention is to provide a connection for a hose nozzle or other type of conventional sprinkler or spray head, the nozzle or sprinkler connection including a pipe section rotatably supported in a horizontal position in a stand with means for locking the pipe section in a rotatably adjusted position to adjust the angle of the nozzle or sprinkler.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eflicient and reliable in operation, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View;

Figure 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the packing nut for connecting the rotary pipe to the sprinkler.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein, for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates generally a substantially U-shaped stand arranged in inverted position and constructed of a pair of legs 6 of sheet metal havin outwardly extending flanges or feet i at their lower ends for resting on the ground and rigidly connected to each other adjacent their upper ends by a pair of spaced metal straps 8 having the ends of the straps Welded or otherwise suitably secured to the legs.

The upper ends of the legs project upwardly above the straps 8 to provide a pair of upright flanges 9 having aligned openings ll) therein provided with apertured bosses or collars II on the outer surfaces of flanges 9, the bosses or collars being integrally cast with or otherwise secured to the flanges.

A T-fitting I2 is positioned between flanges 9 With a pipe section 13 secured in one end of the T-fitting by means of a flange H! on the inner end of the pipe section and held in the T-fitting by an externally threaded coupling [5 threaded into the fitting and bearing against the flange l4 asshown in Figure 4 of the drawing. A packing nut I6 is threaded on the outer end of the coupling IS with a washer or packing I! positioned between the nut and the outer end of the fitting. A wrench or tool engaging flange I8 is formed at the central portion of fitting [5 for tightening the same in the T-fitting l2.

The pipe section I3 extends outwardly through the opening in one of the flanges 9 and collars I I at one side of the stand 5 and the outer end of pipe section I3 is connected to a pipe section l9 by an elbow 20, the pipe section l9 being suitable for attaching to a hose (not shown).

A pipe section 2! is also attached to the other end of the fitting l2 and projects outwardly through the other of the upstanding flanges 9 and collars II, the outer end of pipe section 2| being capped, as shown at 22.

The pipe sections 13 and 2| are secured in a rotatably adjusted position in the flanges 9 and collars H by set screws 23 threaded through the collars, the set screw for pipe section 2| preferably being formed with an angular handle 24.

A collar 25 is also secured to pipe section 2| by means of a set screw 26 and a handle 21 is suitably secured to collar 25 to rotate the pipe sections l3 and 2| in the flanges 9 and collars II to ad ust the angle of outlet end 28 of T-fittin l2.

In the operation of the device, a conventional type of hose nozzle 29, or other form of hose sprinkler is secured to the outlet end 28 of T- fitting l2 and the fittin connected to a garden hose. Water is thus sprayed from nozzle or sprinkler 29 and the angle of the nozzle may be adjusted by loosening set screws 23 and 24 and turnin pipe sections [3 and 2| by means of handle 21 and the set screws again tightened to hold the nozzle in its desired angularly adjusted position.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled. in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein 3 described and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A lawn sprinkler comprising a stand composed of a pair of sheet metal legs, a cross bar rigidly connecting the legs to each other, a pair of upstanding flanges rising from the legs above the cross bar, collars fixed to the sides of the invention, what is flanges, a horizontal pipe rotatably supported 10 in the flanges and collars, a spray head connected to the pipe between the flanges, and set screws carried by the collars securing the pipe in rotatably adjusted position in the flanges to angularly adjust the spray head WALTER F. GIN SBERG.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,129,713 Nikola Feb. 23, 1915 1,155,620 Scheick Oct. 5, 1915 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 2,630 Great Britain Sept. 29, 1877 of 1877 119,165 Switzerland Mar. 1, 1927 

